A North Korean defector who recently returned to the DPRK appeared in a video released by the state-run Uriminzokkiri on Thursday, describing her “painful” life for six years in the South.

In the video, 60-year-old Ju Ok Soon says she entered North Korea via China after leaving the South in July, but does not say when she first defected.

A spokesperson for South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) told NK News that the government was aware of her return to the DPRK.

“The defector left for China this July. But [the government agency] lost contact with her since her departure,”